The in-kernel CIFS filesystem is generally the preferred method for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on Linux. More information on Linux CIFS is available at the [http://linux-cifs.samba.org/ Linux CIFS VFS] site.

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The in-kernel CIFS filesystem is generally the preferred method for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on Linux.

The in-kernel CIFS filesystem relies on a set of user-space tools. That package of tools is called '''cifs-utils'''. Although not really part of Samba proper, these tools were originally part of the Samba package. For several reasons, shipping these tools as part of Samba was problematic and it was deemed better to split them off into their own package.

The in-kernel CIFS filesystem relies on a set of user-space tools. That package of tools is called '''cifs-utils'''. Although not really part of Samba proper, these tools were originally part of the Samba package. For several reasons, shipping these tools as part of Samba was problematic and it was deemed better to split them off into their own package.

** cifs.idmap can now map uid/gid to SID in addition to the other way around

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** getcifsacl/setcifsacl are now installed by default in /usr/bin instead of /usr/sbin. The manpages are now in section 1.

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** cifs.upcall has a new scheme for picking the SPN on krb5 mounts. The hostname is now always lowercased. If we fail to get a ticket using an unqualified name, it now attempts to guess the domain name.

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** A lot of manpage updates, additions and corrections

* September 23, 2011: Release 5.1

* September 23, 2011: Release 5.1

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** fix for a minor security issue that can corrupt the mtab

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** new getcifsacl/setcifsacl tools that allow you to fetch and set raw Windows ACLs via an xattr.

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** a lot of manpage patches

* June 1, 2011: Release 5.0

* June 1, 2011: Release 5.0

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**mount.cifs always uses the original device string to ensure that umounts by unprivileged users are not problematic

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**there is a new cifs.idmap program for handling idmapping upcalls

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** a lot of manpage patches

* March 4, 2011: Release 4.9

* March 4, 2011: Release 4.9

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** Some distros (namely Fedora) are moving to having /etc/mtab be a symlink to /proc/mounts. We automatically skip trying to alter the mtab if it's a symlink.

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** fix for a bug that could prevent root from mounting onto a directory to which he did not have explicit execute permission.

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** fix for a bug that caused the mount helper to pass in a corrupt address when someone specified an IPv6 address with a scopeid.

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** mount.cifs bugfix for an uninitialized variable that could cause a segfault

* January 21, 2011: Release 4.8.1

* January 21, 2011: Release 4.8.1

* January 15, 2011: Release 4.8

* January 15, 2011: Release 4.8

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* March 3, 2010: Release 4.0 -- first official cifs-utils release

* March 3, 2010: Release 4.0 -- first official cifs-utils release

* February 26, 2010: Release 4.0rc1

* February 26, 2010: Release 4.0rc1

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* February 14, 2010: The git repo has moved to a new location. See the '''Development''' section below

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* February 14, 2010: The git repo has moved to a new location. See the [[#Development|Development]] section below

* February 9, 2010: Release 4.0-alpha1. In order to smooth the transition from shipping these tools as part of samba, the first release will be 4.0.

* February 9, 2010: Release 4.0-alpha1. In order to smooth the transition from shipping these tools as part of samba, the first release will be 4.0.

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== Download ==

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= Download =

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A historical set of cifs-utils releases is available in the [ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils releases directory].

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== Documentation ==

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A historical set of cifs-utils releases is available in the [https://download.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils releases directory].

The source code for cifs-utils is managed via git. An example checkout from the main git repo:

The source code for cifs-utils is managed via git. An example checkout from the main git repo:

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gitweb access is also available [http://git.samba.org/?p=cifs-utils.git;a=summary here].

gitweb access is also available [http://git.samba.org/?p=cifs-utils.git;a=summary here].

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== Contact ==

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= Contact =

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Questions, suggestions, concerns, and patches should be sent to [http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-cifs linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org]. Security issues should be sent to [mailto:security@samba.org security@samba.org] to avoid immediate public disclosure.

Questions, suggestions, concerns, and patches should be sent to [http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-cifs linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org]. Security issues should be sent to [mailto:security@samba.org security@samba.org] to avoid immediate public disclosure.

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The in-kernel CIFS filesystem is generally the preferred method for mounting SMB/CIFS shares on Linux.

The in-kernel CIFS filesystem relies on a set of user-space tools. That package of tools is called cifs-utils. Although not really part of Samba proper, these tools were originally part of the Samba package. For several reasons, shipping these tools as part of Samba was problematic and it was deemed better to split them off into their own package.